Iran's forward #11 Ali Alipour and goalkeeper #12 Payam Niazmand take part in a training session at Carson Sports Park in Carson, California on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's goalkeeper #12 Payam Niazmand takes part in a training session at Carson Sports Park in Carson, California on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's goalkeeper #12 Payam Niazmand takes part in a training session at Carson Sports Park in Carson, California on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's goalkeeper #12 Payam Niazmand and Iran's forward #11 Ali Alipour take part in a training session at Carson Sports Park in Carson, California on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's goalkeeper #12 Payam Niazmand and Iran's forward #11 Ali Alipour take part in a training session at Carson Sports Park in Carson, California on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

The bus carrying Iran's national football team arrives at Carson Sports Park in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)

The bus carrying Iran's national football team arrives at Carson Sports Park in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)

People hold pre-revolutionary Iranian flags as they protest the Iranian regime outside Carson Sports Park before Iran's training session in Los Angeles on June 14, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup football match between Iran and New Zealand. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)